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Global Food Safety A Vision for Building Scientific Capacity and Promoting Harmonization
ESCALATING TRADE BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Global food trade exports today total nearly $1 trillion per year, more than tripling since 1990. Although the steep growth rate is required to feed a rapidly expanding global population and simultaneously holds the promise of economic growth for exporting countries, it also makes the task of assuring food safety increasingly difficult. Governments and industry face the added challenge of ensuring their exports meet ever more demanding standards of their target markets. It is essential to improve the availability, quality and consistency of food safety testing capacity globally. A global network of publicprivate laboratories that provides training on analytical methods will provide a mechanism for international exchange of knowledge, spread international best practices, improve regulatory compliance and build trust between trading partners — a strategic approach to improving food safety not just in one country, but in many. A PUBLIC-PRIVATE NETWORK OF LABS WILL MATCH PRIVATE SECTOR INNOVATION WITH A GLOBAL NEED.
WORLD’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL FOOD SAFETY TRAINING LABORATORY Waters Corporation and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) – which is administered by the University of Maryland and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – joined together in a groundbreaking partnership to establish the first permanent, dedicated facility in the As part of its commitment to improving global food security, world providing hands-on training to Waters Corporation seeks to international scientists on the best establish a public-private scientific practices and testing network of international training methodologies. laboratories to promote harmonization of both import and export testing, thereby reducing post-harvest losses.
The International Food Safety Training Laboratory (IFSTL) will educate scientists on food safety standards and regulations, train them in the use of fitfor-purpose methods of analysis, enhance public-private cooperation and facilitate communication between regulatory agencies around the world.
Based on the strong interest generated by the IFSTL announcement in May 2010 and discussions with governments in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, India and the Americas, there is a clear consensus that additional hands-on training capacity is needed worldwide. The IFSTL will host its first class of scientists in mid-2011. Zhao Zenglian
Jeff Farrar Associate Commissioner for Food Protection U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Director of Food and Veterinary Division, Bureau of Import and Export Food Safety Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People's Republic of China On behalf of APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum Co-Chair
A global network of training laboratories will: Build global expertise of fit-for-purpose food safety testing methods Allow governments to tap the expertise of leading technology providers, universities and other experts Serve as an information clearinghouse for government and industry food safety professionals — a source of information on regulations, testing methods and chemistries Establish permanent channels of communication between international regulatory agencies
IFSTL Facts Training space: 4,800 square feet FDA, JIFSAN and University of Maryland scientists will deliver trainings Located next to the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, minutes from Washington, D.C. Capacity to teach 200 professionals per year Equipped with state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, ultra-performance liquid chromatography with both photodiode array and fluorescence detection, and a fullrange of microbiological tools
For more information James Willis, Ph.D Senior Director (508) 482-3510
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Paul Young, Ph.D Director, Chemical Analysis Operations (508) 482-4238
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Waters Corporation is a publicly traded laboratory analytical instrument and software manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts, USA. With over 5,200 employees, the company has resources and customers in 155 countries across the globe. Waters is committed to working closely with government and other institutions to improve quality and increase capacity of food safety testing worldwide.
